Bowl
Bowl
Place of OriginProbably Syria or Palestine
Datemid-2nd to early 1st century BCE
DimensionsH: 2 3/8 in. (6 cm); Diam: 5 5/8 in. (14.3 cm); Thickness: 3/16 in. (0.5 cm)
MediumSagged; rotary-polished on the interior, the top, and the outside of the rim; fire-polished on the rest of the exterior; cut on the interior.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.898
Not on View
DescriptionThis hemispherical bowl is made of natural yellowish-green glass. It was formed by sagging, then rotary-polished on the interior, the top, and the outside of the rim, fire-polished on the rest of the exterior, and cut on the interior.
The bowl has an upright rim with a rounded edge. The sides curve smoothly in a convex form, leading to a convex bottom. On the interior, two narrow horizontal grooves are cut in a band just below the rim.
Published ReferencesGrose, David F., Early Ancient Glass: Core-Formed, Rod-Formed, and Cast Vessels and Objects from the Late Bronze Age to the Early Roman Empire, 1600 B.C. to A.D. 50, New York, Hudson Hills Press in association with the Toledo Museum of Art, 1989, cat. no. 218, p. 206.
mid-2nd to early 1st century BCE
mid-2nd to early 1st century BCE
mid-2nd to early 1st century BCE
mid-2nd to early 1st century BCE
1st century BCE
Late 1st century BCE to mid-1st century CE
Late 1st century BCE to mid-1st century CE
Late 1st century BCE to mid-1st century CE
Late 1st century BCE to mid-1st century CE
Late 1st century BCE to mid-1st century CE
Late 1st century BCE to mid-1st century CE
mid-2nd to early 1st century BCE
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